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- [?1950], [1975x1985], 2016 (Creation)
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1 envelope
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Photocopied Tenby Museum form, dated 20 February 2016, noting Tony Curtis's loan to the museum of a framed pencil drawing by artist Gwen John titled 'Man and Women Praying in Meudon Church' (see, for example: https://www.artnet.com/artists/gwen-john/man-and-women-praying-in-meudon-church-v61VZjVBP2Q6i_CR8YwRbw2).
Photocopied typescript prose piece titled 'Going Dutch - on a Moulton'.
Undated letter from P. H. Thomas - possibly Philip Henry Thomas, [?uncle] of poet and writer Edward Thomas - to a 'Mr Rees'. The letter contains references to Edward Thomas and to other family members and botanical references to a plant called the 'Royal Fern'. According to a note which originally accompanied this sub-archive, the letter is dated 13 December 1950, the recipient is a 'Mrs Rees of Manorbier and the treasurer of the Anglo-Welsh Review' and the writer is Edward Thomas's 'niece', although neither the date of the letter nor the sender's relationship to Edward Thomas are apparent within the item. The recipient of the letter, however, is most likely Morwyth Rees of Manorbier, Pembrokeshire, who was indeed treasurer of arts magazine The Anglo-Welsh Review (see, for example: Maxwell Fraser Papers (https://archives.library.wales/index.php/maxwell-fraser-papers-2) within the National Library of Wales's collections under heading Correspondence, 1966; also https://historicalpageants.ac.uk/pageants/1607/ and https://www.huarchive.co/items/show/363.
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The Haverfordwest- born artist Gwen John worked in France for most of her career. Her paintings, mainly portraits of anonymous female sitters, are rendered in a range of closely related tones. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Gwen_John)
See also the following within the National Library of Wales's collections: Edwin and Sara John Papers (https://atom.prod.llgc.org.uk/index.php/edwin-and-sara-john-papers); Michael Holroyd (Augustus and Gwen John) manuscripts (https://atom.prod.llgc.org.uk/index.php/michael-holroyd-augustus-and-gwen-john-manuscripts); Gwen John Manuscripts (https://atom.prod.llgc.org.uk/index.php/gwen-john-manuscripts).
Established in 1878, Tenby Museum and Art Gallery is the oldest independent museum in Wales, housing a collection of local geology, biology, archaeological and maritime artifacts. (https://tenbymuseum.org.uk/)
Poet and writer Edward Thomas is sometimes considered a war poet, although few of his poems deal directly with his war experiences. He was killed in action during the Battle of Arras in 1917, soon after his arrival in France. (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Edward_Thomas_(poet))
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- John, Gwen, 1876-1939 (Subject)
- Thomas, Edward, 1878-1917 (Subject)
- Rees, Morwyth (Subject)
- Tenby Museum & Art Gallery (Tenby, Wales) (Subject)